“Intrigue”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

Old bones hold memories. A cyclone of intrigue bears down upon the shore of time. All worlds are included in the calling as we hunker on the beach, reciting ancient rhymes. #SciFanSat #SciFiFri #vss365 #FromOneLine #poetry pic.twitter.com/PNOSgiJFeU

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) July 9, 2022

#SciFanSat
Imagination got away from me started penning stories about darkness & earth it's locus to exist in. The #intrigue of it kept me curious, so I let my pen midnight words. Turns out those ideas took, my bad. So sorry, please forgive me. Think I'll stick with poetry!

— Kimberly (@bionicanadian) July 8, 2022

He had traveled two star systems. Yet a question remained.
"What took you so long?"
"There were obstacles. Some folks don't think that a mercenary should marry the Chancellor's daughter."
I kissed him. No elaborate #intrigue or conspiracy would keep us apart.#SciFanSat #satsplat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) July 9, 2022

The forest floor erupts as if harried by a cyclone: dead leaves and pine needles fill the air around me. Slowly it reveals a silvern shape, tenuous and indistinct.

“The palace intrigue is not about your brother,” it whispers, “it’s you they want to kill.”#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Danielle Ste. Just (@DanielleSteJust) July 9, 2022

He who can tame the intrigue of the winds is powerful wizard indeed, for his is the power of the cyclone and the knowledge whispered on the breeze. #SciFanSat #vss365 #scifisat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) July 9, 2022

#SciFanSat
Quite dependable his scientific advisor never sowed #intrigue nor pushed him in harm's way until recently. Surviving a #cyclone scare the man withdrew to himself, his ghastly behavior bordered on the extreme, an ally no more but a dangerous rogue.#vss365#2WordPrompt

— aran (@AranPotente) July 9, 2022

I'm not much of a diplomat, the captain said. Why me?
Don't you love the intrigue of first contact, said the snake-girl as she wrapped herself around him. #SciFanSat #intrigue #revised

— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) July 9, 2022

She was coy. He was intrigued. 1 day she'd form a heart in his latte & other days, she was aloof. He awaited a day w/a heart topped latte. He asked her out & romance bloomed. Married for 15yrs, there'd be morning coffee w/a heart, other days there'd be none. #Satsplat #SciFanSat

— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) July 9, 2022

The planet #Peliub is wrapped in a #cyclone. A nest of interplanetary #intrigue, rogue operatives and bad descisions.
A mistake waiting to happen.
I'd sworn never to return here, and broken my promise time and time again…
For her. #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat #Achtenwrite pic.twitter.com/E5iWyUNVhm

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 📚 YA SFF Author (@debbieiancu) July 9, 2022

Billy disappeared while riding the #Cyclone. Never came out of the tunnel. I knew we’d never find him because a fox came to me in a dream. Said Billy was with them, living a life of adventure and intrigue. Lucky him. I just hope they open the rollercoaster.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) July 9, 2022

The Empire's master AI used fleet deployments and devious intrigues to steer the cyclone of war into enemy space.
Its counterpart responded in kind.
Every spy mission was a flirtation.
Every battle a kiss.
Which would be on top in the end?#satsplat #scifisat #scifansat #vss365

— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) July 9, 2022

"Do not listen," he said, "to that #ghastly woman! She will #intrigue you with tales of magic, but you'll just get a #cyclone of #necromancy!"

"Oh shut up you over-bloated %$!&wit," said #GrumpySwearyFairy.

"Ribbit," said the #advisor.#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/z65Hof7xfT

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) July 9, 2022

His archaic intellect. That's what #intrigued her most. When he materialized out of a #cyclone of molecules in her new teleporter ("Now Travel thru Time AND Space!") she expected a fun fling. How quickly he stole her heart with his 20th century mind! #satsplat #vss365 #scifansat

— Tasha Lyn (@RnRwordpress) July 9, 2022

Histo-scientists are intrigued about the mysterious narcolepsy pandemic that wiped out over 95% of humanity in the 21st century.
Statements are dramatic:
"We don’t have the means to find the cure, we cannot stay awake to find it."
"The end is near."
"Help us, please!"#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/feRkMmc3Er

— Baltar Xinzo (@BaltarXinzo) July 9, 2022